Time to start updating again

Molly's surgery has been scheduled for June 14th at CEI.  We are very excited, but also very nervous.  I am trying to tell Molly what is going to happen and I think she understand a little.

So now we're working out travel plans to Palo Alto.  Do we take the whole family or do just Molly and I go?  It's about 13 hours from Tucson to Palo Alto so we will have to stop along the way, probably Palm Springs.  We found a nice room to rent in San Francisco after her surgery, sleeps five.  It's a bread and breakfast type room that is rented out by the family that owns the house.  About $119 per night, here is the link http://airbnb.com/rooms/85012

I will be updating as we go along.  I'm trying to figure out if there are any kind of grants from the government to help pay for medical expenses, it's a long shot I know.

New Insurance

The new year has brought new insurance to our family so I decided to call Aetna and see if Dr Roberson is now covered.  I was going to get ready to start the insurance fight to get Molly's operation covered.  Well, Dr Roberson is now in our network!  We are pleasantly surprised so I shot off an email to Cheryl at Cal Ear asking her to start the process to get Molly approved and scheduled.

Email with Sheri Byrne

I wrote Sheri today asking for her advice on our out of network procedure for insurance.  she said everything looks good, but added that we should include the attached report on the learning curve for atresia surgeries.

The Surgical Learning Curve in Aural Atresia Surgery

Getting a referral

We have an appointment with Molly's ENT Dr Cravens on November 8th at 2:30pm.  I'll give him all the info that we've collected so that we can hopefully get the out of network approved.

But first I have to get a referral from Molly's primary care to go to Dr Cravens.

Letter from CEI

Ok, I received a letter from CEI telling our insurance company why we should come to CEI instead of a local doctor who hasn't performed as many atresia canalplasties.

Now the work is back on my shoulders, I need to schedule an appointment with Molly's local ENT, Dr Cravens, to get his referral to Dr Roberson.

If anyone wants to see the letter, here it is...

Molly's Letter from CEI

CEI

Sent a followup to Cheryl at CEI regarding the letter for our insurance. I'll probably try and call her today as well.

BAHA Repair

Molly's BAHA is fixed and we should have it back by tomorrow!